Last Wednesday The Ravishing Mrs. TB texted me. "One of my acquaintances received an extra shipment from Blue Apron that they were not charged for. Are we interested in taking it?"
Free food. Yes, yes we are.
I am familiar with the prepared food concept: you have your meals planned and all of the ingredients shipped to your door. You do not have to choose recipes, decide on amounts, or even shop: you just pull things out of the box and then prepare them that night. I believe there are several different versions of the same service.
I happened to be home when she was opening the box.
Everything was cold (but the gel had leaked a bit on the cans). The meats and vegetables appeared of high quality (some services tend to focus in the more organic area). All sauces, mixes, etc. are included in individual pouches. Also included are the individual recipes with pictures (making it easy for someone as slow as myself to figure out the instructions).
That night we had Sesame Chicken with Broccoli. Yesterday we had Beef Ragu. Although in both cases these were supposed to be four serving meals, there was well above four servings present - we had enough left over for two individual lunches.
Benefits? The Ravishing Mrs. TB liked having everything already there, in the appropriate portions, and (other than chopping) ready to prepare. The meals were quite tasty.
Negatives? She looked on-line and the cost is about $8.00 a meal per person. That is $32.00 - not quite as bad as going out, but almost.
I can understand the attraction if one was single or married and both had very busy full time careers - beyond the putting away of materials, there is only the immediate prep time (in both cases less than 20 minutes) and cooking (again, maybe 20 minutes). But at 5 meals a week for a family of four that is $160 - far too pricey (in our case) for the convenience.
It was fun though. And I would certainly take the food again, if offered.
That is what I have thought. They send out "free" coupons here constantly for one or another service. And they are often included with whatever I have ordered, too, food or not.
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Maybe if I were a doctor or a lawyer. But as you say, for the price you can eat out (and at our ages we often still have enough for another meal), and not have to clean up after! :)
It was a treat Linda, and they have certainly found a market for their service. That said, it is definitely a luxury for most - and heaven forfend just in time delivery should fail. What then, when you are left waiting for food that will not come?
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